This course will allow students to gain several constructive meanings of diversity issues that are associated with five major multicultural theories circulating mostly within the U.S. field of education. Additionally, through engaging in the processes of being analytical, critical, and self-reflexive, students will be challenged to grapple with the complexity and controversy of teaching diversity issues. Moreover, students will examine how gender, class, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation issues inform their instructional goals, curriculum planning/implementation, and practices in the teaching of literature, language, and composition in K-12 English Language Arts classrooms.